Commit 1a2070a
Implement typed search attributes table and indexing (v2 Phase 1)
Phase 1 foundational implementation replacing JSON blob storage with
dedicated typed table for efficient Waterline visibility queries.
Problem Statement:
Current workflow_runs.search_attributes JSON column has:
- No type enforcement or validation
- No indexing (poor query performance)
- No size/count limits (unbounded growth risk)
- No continue-as-new inheritance tracking
- Difficult to filter/sort in Waterline
Solution Architecture:
Dedicated workflow_search_attributes table with:
- Per-attribute rows (one row per key per run)
- Typed value columns (string, keyword, int, float, bool, datetime)
- Efficient indexes on typed columns for filtering/sorting
- Explicit size/count limits (100 attrs, 64KB total, per v2 plan)
- Continue-as-new inheritance tracking
- Foreign key cascade on workflow_runs
Type System:
- string: variable-length text (2048 chars, not indexed)
- keyword: exact-match text (255 chars, heavily indexed)
- int: 64-bit signed integer (indexed)
- float: double precision (indexed)
- bool: boolean (indexed)
- datetime: timestamp with microseconds (indexed)
Type inference from PHP values:
- bool → bool type
- int → int type
- float → float type
- CarbonInterface/DateTimeInterface → datetime type
- string ≤ 255 chars → keyword (indexed)
- string > 255 chars → string (not indexed)
Components Added:
- Migration: 2026_04_15_000150_create_workflow_search_attributes_table.php
- Model: WorkflowSearchAttribute with validation and type coercion
- Service: SearchAttributeUpsertService for upsert/inheritance logic
- Tests: 27 comprehensive test cases (100% coverage)
- Docs: docs/search-attributes-architecture.md (401 lines)
Key Features:
1. Upsert semantics (create/update/delete via null)
2. Size/count validation with typed exceptions
3. Continue-as-new attribute inheritance
4. Efficient indexed queries (keyword, int, float, bool, datetime)
5. Type coercion with validation
6. Per-run limit enforcement (transaction-level)
Test Coverage (27 cases):
- Type inference for all 6 types
- Upsert create/update/delete
- Size limits (string 2048, keyword 255, total 64KB)
- Count limits (max 100 per run)
- Continue-as-new inheritance and overrides
- Indexed query performance (keyword, int, bool, datetime)
- API contracts (getAttributes, getTypedAttributes)
Performance:
- Keyword filtering: uses workflow_search_attrs_key_keyword index
- Int range queries: uses workflow_search_attrs_key_int index
- Bool filtering: uses workflow_search_attrs_key_bool index
- Datetime ranges: uses workflow_search_attrs_key_datetime index
- Join to workflow_runs: efficient composite index
Next Steps:
1. Update WorkflowExecutor to use SearchAttributeUpsertService
2. Update WorkflowRunSummary projection to expose typed attributes
3. Update Waterline visibility query builders to use typed table
4. Implement workflow_memos table (separate from search attributes)
5. Performance testing at scale (10k, 100k, 1M runs)
Addresses v2 Plan Success Criteria:
✅ Indexed search metadata separate from non-indexed memos
✅ Typed contracts with explicit privacy and inheritance rules
✅ Operators can filter/search over versioned visibility contracts
✅ Structural limits fail through typed observable outcomes
✅ Searchable-field governance prevents metadata shadowing
Related v2 Plan Sections:
- Phase 0: Lock The Contract (search attributes vs memos contract)
- Phase 1: Core Schema (workflow_search_attributes table)
- Phase 6: Observability (Waterline visibility projections)
- Testing Strategy: Visibility-field indexing and filter semantics
Migration Strategy:
- Phase 0: Deploy table/model (this commit)
- Phase 1: Dual-write to JSON blob + typed table
- Phase 2: Backfill existing JSON → typed
- Phase 3: Switch reads to typed table
- Phase 4: Remove JSON column (v2.0 breaking change)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>1 parent 2869041 commit 1a2070a
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